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idea / opinion / meaning / wish / desire / interest / fun / token of appreciation, affection etc / CL: 個|个 / to give as a small token / to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
HSK 2
to wish / to want / ready / willing (to do sth)
HSK 2
as one wishes / as one pleases / at random / negligent / casual / wanton
HSK 2
to hope / a hope; a wish (CL:個|个)
HSK 3
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  *祝* | 祝* | *祝
to pray for / to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc) / person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies
HSK 3
desire / wish
HSK 3
blessings / to wish sb well
HSK 4
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  *願* | 願* | *願
(bound form) wish; hope; desire / to be willing / to wish (that sth may happen); may ... / vow; pledge
HSK 5
as one wishes / according to one's wishes / at will / voluntary / conscious
HSK 5
aspiration / wish (for) / desire
HSK 6
cherished desire / dream / craving / wish / aspiration
HSK 6
to wish
HSK 6
(indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened / (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason / (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people
HSK 7-9
sth one wishes to keep secret / ulterior motive / a subject best avoided
HSK 7-9
to have one's wish fulfilled
HSK 7-9
if only (sth were possible) / I wish (that)
HSK 7-9
heartfelt wish; inner voice; aspiration
HSK 7-9
final wishes of the departed
HSK 7-9
as one wants; according to one's wishes / ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune
HSK 7-9
wishing one could do sth; to hate to be unable; itching to do sth
HSK 7-9
to pay a New Year call / to wish sb a Happy New Year
HSK 7-9
less capable than desirable (idiom); not as strong as one would wish / the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to have one's wishes come true; wish you the best!
HSK 7-9
to be fondly attached to; to not wish to part with; to cling to
lit. what the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes (idiom) skilled at the job / entirely in one's element / going smoothly and easily
to have all one's wishes (idiom) / best wishes / all the best / may all your hopes be fulfilled
lit. inviting wealth / We wish you success and riches (cf idiom 招財進寶|招财进宝)
to fail to accomplish / unsuccessful (attempt); abortive (coup d'état); attempted (murder, suicide); unfulfilled (wish)
to be an irksome presence (i.e. sth or sb one wishes were not there)
things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)
according with one's wish or expectation
to make a wish / to make a vow / to promise a reward
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  *頌* | 頌* | *頌
ode / eulogy / to praise in writing / to wish (in letters)
to congratulate respectfully / to express good wishes
letter written in one's own blood, expressing determination, hatred, last wishes etc
to wish sb (success, bon voyage etc)
sth one wishes to conceal / the cat (as in "let the cat out of the bag")
a wish / a request (to a deity)
to have one's wish fulfilled
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  *意* | 意* | *意
idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate
We wish you long life and riches! (idiom, conventional greeting)
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  *CP* | CP* | *CP
an imagined romantic relationship between two characters in fiction (or in real life) that one wishes for or fantasizes about (abbr. of "coupling")
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  *巴* | 巴* | *巴
to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士 / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴, tail
to hope / to wish / hope / wish / (old) name of an official post
to have one's wishes fulfilled
ushering in wealth and prosperity (idiom and traditional greeting, esp. at New Year); We wish you wealth and success!
wishes of the deceased
to wish to continue sth / to have not fully expressed oneself
congratulations on house-moving or promotion (idiom); Best wishes for your new home!
reliable / at one's convenience / as you wish
to pay respects / to wish good health / in Qing times, a specific form of salutation (see also 打千)
meaningful and heartfelt words (idiom); sincere and earnest wishes
(idiom) to have one's wish fulfilled
to congratulate respectfully / to wish good luck and success (esp. to a superior) / with best wishes (in writing)
in your dreams! / as if! / You wish! / I wish that were so
(idiom) after one's own heart; gratifying; satisfactory; everything one could wish
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  *憖* | 憖* | *憖
(literary) to wish; to prefer to / (literary) to incur damage or loss
to block one's ears (not wishing to hear)
to express good wishes
to feel gratified (esp. at the misfortune of a loathed person); to have one's wish fulfilled
to disobey; to defy; to deliberately go against (a rule, a convention, sb's wishes etc)
to go against / to do sth contrary to (sb's wishes)
everything is going smoothly / just as one wishes
complimentary remarks / well-wishing
to be so in pain as to not want to live / to be so grieved as to wish one were dead
long-cherished wish
Please do as you wish! / You are welcome to do whatever you like! / Please make yourself at home.
to desire / to wish / (literary) to admire
as you wish
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  *欲* | 欲* | *欲
to wish for / to desire / variant of 慾|欲
long-cherished wish
to wish for higher status (idiom); to curry favor in the hope of promotion
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  *悕* | 悕* | *悕
(literary) to wish / to hope / sad / sorrowful
boundless life (expression of good wishes) / Amitayus, the Buddha of measureless life, good fortune and wisdom
wishing for profit, but causing loss (idiom); good intentions that lead to disaster / It all ends in tears.
lit. to seek virtue and acquire it (idiom) / fig. to have one's wish fulfilled
the wish to abandon or keep aloof / the desire to live in retirement
to pray / to pray for sth / to wish sth / prayer / wish
lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.
wished-for / desired
to demand; to call for; to petition / demand; wish; request / to promote one's brand; to appeal to (consumers) / (marketing) message; pitch
"break-up agent", person who acts for sb who wishes to terminate a relationship but does not have the heart to do so
to wish for the whole world to be in chaos (idiom)
In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined / wishing for conjugal bliss
to have a long-cherished wish realized
magic gourd, granting your every wish
wish list
sth that is expected or wished for
to wish one were dead (idiom) / (fig.) to be in seventh heaven
not wishing to acknowledge sb / unwilling to respond
(literary) to hope for; to wish
indirect, psychological method of getting sb to do as one wishes (e.g. questioning whether they are up to the task)
Death wish, movie series with Charles Bronson
to wish for the stars and the moon / to have unreal expectations
wish you all the best! (when signing off on a correspondence)
more than one would wish / somewhat / a bit too (old, contrived, distracting etc)
to express a wish (to a deity)
wishing well
exactly what one would wish / to find one's niche
cross symbol (×), used to replace a character one does not wish to display


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